theatre – Flashcard Test Answers

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all

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the development of aesthetic standards include

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the night the show opens

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reviews of Broadway shows are written

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social/political

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new scholarly criticism considers

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what is the playwright trying to do

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among the questions that critics ask are

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true

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t/f the aim of great play writing is to expand our subconscious awareness

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false

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t/f critics can exert power over all aspects of theatre except financial

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immediacy and presence

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two of the characteristics that set theatre apart from the other art forms are

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was the first to step apart from chorus and create dialogue

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thespis is considered to be the first actor because he

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a seeing place

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the word theatre comes from the ancient greek word theatron which means

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true

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t/f both audience and actors have an active role in the theatrical experience

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true

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t/f soap operas continue to be popular because they speak to the audiences sense of familiar

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false

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t/f the actor director relationship is the theatres vital ingredient

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all of the above

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theatre differs from film or tv because

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samuel beckett

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waiting for godot was written by

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a performer and an audience

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theatre requires only

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Aunt Julle and Rina

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who raised tesman

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history

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What is tesmans academic specialty

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6 months

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for how many months did the tesmans honeymoon last

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it was boring it was exhausting

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what did hedda think of her honeymoon

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the district magistrate

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to whom is mrs elvsted married

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his slippers

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what does aunt julee bring tesman

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a stereotype

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when someone attributes a generalized identity to people unlike themselves they are creating what

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culture

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this term means the values standards and patterns of behavior of a particular group of people

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theatre of identity

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which type of theatre promotes a particular peoples cultural identity

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cross cultural theatre

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which type of theatre mixes different cultures in an attempt to find understanding or commonality among them

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theatre of protest

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which type of theatre objects to the dominant cultures control and demands that a minority cultures voice and political agenda be heard

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national endowment for the arts

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this government agency has been at the center of this debate because its primary purpose is to give a voice to all cultures as it increase the public awareness of our cultural heritage

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Harlem Renaissance

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the 1920s and 1930s was a time when black artists actors poets musicians and writers converged upon NYC and created what was called the

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yiddish broadway

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by the 1900's second avenue in NYC has some many jewish theatres it was known as the

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Minstrel Show

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For most of American theatre history whites wearing heavy "ethnic" makeup acted as African Americans. This lead to a form of theatre in which white people played black people. What name was given to this form of theatre?

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multiculturalism

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This is an attempt to overcome all forms of discrimination, including racism, sexism, and homophobia so that people can coexist as well as perhaps achieve a pluralistic society.

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false

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t/f bunraku is a form of chinese opera

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false

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t/f indias kutioyattam theatre performances are short

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false

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t/f japenese noh theatre is a new form

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true

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t/f kabuki is the modern japenese theatre form

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true

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t/f in the noh theatre each scenic element has symbolic significance

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true

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t/f in chinese opera scene changes are indicated symbolically

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paying your bills before leaving town

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the "nut" refers to what medieval tradition

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Bread and Puppet theatre

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In 1961 Peter Schumann founded

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Vsevolod Merhold

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The unorthodox use of theatrical space was pioneered by Max Reinhardt and

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Vietnam war protests of 1960's

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Though international in scope, alternative performance spaces are particularly associated with

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true

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t/f The Free Southern Theatre is associated with civil rights and anti-war expression.

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false

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t/f For his production of Dr. Faustus, Grotowski configured the theatrical space into a medieval graveyard.

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true

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t/f Theatre du Soleil emphasized spectacle and ritual in a series of plays about French history.

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max reinhardt

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One of the forerunners of alternative approaches to theatre production was

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all

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Theatre du Soleil drew its inspiration, in part, from

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Polish Laboratory Theatre

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The politically charged production of The Brig was staged by

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social and spiritual communion

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Bread and Puppet Theatres traditionally began with an act of

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the results were mixed

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The general findings of the study on Gender bias was

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females are more inclined to hire male playwrights

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Pick the correct findings from the study regarding females and who they hire

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males higher equally

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Pick the correct findings from the study regarding males and who they hire

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females = more profitable

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according to the study were plays written by males or females for broadway more profitable

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true

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t/f Over 80% of play performed in larger non profit Theatres were written by men

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false

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t/f Most playwrights are women

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the minneola twins

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The "comedy"(burlesque) version of How I Learned to Drive is

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incest

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Paula Vogel's play How I Learned to Drive" is about

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Sexual awareness comes at the same time as learning to drive

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Vogel used the metaphor of driving in How I Learned to Drive. Why?

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AIDS

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Paula Vogel's play The Baltimore Waltz" is about

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her brother

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Vogels inspiration for Baltimore Waltz was?

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write what scares them OR revist how the greek playwrights structure their plays

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According to Vogel playwrights must

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hymn sung at the alter of the gods

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Jeopardy answer is: DITHYRAMB

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thespis

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Jeopardy answer is: The "first actor"

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short speech to begin tragedy

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Jeopardy answer is: Prologue

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song and dance by the chorus

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Jeopardy answer is: STASIMON

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agememnon

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Jeopardy answer is: Agamemnon was the tragic Hero in this Greek tragedy

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Euripides

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Jeopardy answer is: He was know for antiwar tragedies

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Aristophanes

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Jeopardy answer is: He was know for his Greek comedies

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Lysistrata

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Jeopardy answer is: In this comedy women withheld sex from the men to stop the war

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Aeschylus

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Which Greek Playwright wrote THE PERSIANS

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National Actors Theatre

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What Theatre company, headed by Tony Randall produced THE PERSIANS in 2003

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it is not mythological

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Of all the Greek Play extant, The Persians is unique because

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it mirrored US involvement in Ira

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Why was THE PERSIANS so topical in 2003 and today?

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George W Bush

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What US Presidents actions did this production of The Persians mirror

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the thrust theatre

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What is "the worlds biggest do over" at the Guthrie Theatre

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the dowling theatre

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Which Theatre does the Guthrie new experimental work take place

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tyrone guthrie

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The Guthrie Theatre was named after

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joe dowling

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_________ is the Artistic Director of the Guthrie Theatre

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jean nouvel

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____________ was the architect of the Guthrie Theatre

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proscenium

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Which Theatre was described as "opera red"

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11

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How many Bars are there in the Guthrie Theatre complex

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Aristotle

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The Poetic's was written by

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Oedipus

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Aristotle based The Poetic's on what Sophocles play

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true

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t/f Tragedy is drama, not narrative

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plot

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The "first principal" or most important feature of tragedy is

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character

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Hamartia, or tragic flaw is associated with this element of Tragedy

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thought

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The "theme" of the play would be this element of tragedy

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plot comes before character

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According to Aristotle's views on tragedy

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radio golf

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What was the final play in Wilson's Pittsburgh Series

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Joe Turners Come and Gone

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Wilson's favorite play in the series was

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Radio Gulf and Gem of the Ocean

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According to the video Kenny Leon directed what two Wilson Play

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false

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t/f Wilson wrote the 10 plays in chronological order

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psychologically complex

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To sustain our interest, a playwright's characters must be believable, multifaceted and:

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all choices

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Edward Albee emerged as the reigning American playwright with the passing of:

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empathy

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Playwrights encourage the emotional involvement of audiences, known as:

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Cuba

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Playwrights Nilo Cruz and Maria Irene Fornes were both born in:

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true

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t/f Oppression, racism and sexism were some of the central issues in the drama of the late 1980s and 1990s.

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false

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t/f Authors such as David Mamet and August Wilson frequently direct their own plays.

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true

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t/f We look to playwrights to provide fresh perspectives and new visions

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plot character and language

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The essential tools of the playwright are

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conflict

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_________ is required to create a play

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all choices

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August Wilson's plays:

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false

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t/f August Wilson was trained in playwrighting at Yale

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every character has intergrity

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According to the panel Wilson's plays were unique because

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Aunt Easter

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What role did Phylicia Rashad create for Wilson's Gem of the Ocean

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dont sit like that, its too modern

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What one direction did Wilson give Ms Rashad in rehearsals for Gem of the Ocean

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she was a television actress

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Phylicia Rashad was concerned she would never get to act in a Wilson play because

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radio golf

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Chronologically what is the last play in the series

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run for mayor

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What is character Harry Lennix played in Radio Golf attempting to do?

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Albee

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The Zoo Story was written by:

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Moliere

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The Imaginary Invalid was written by:

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all of these choices

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Melodrama is characterized by:

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narrative

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The dramatic theatre relies heavily on plot while the Epic Theatre relies on:

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unrecognizable plots

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Absurdist theatre frequently incorporates:

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true

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t/f Comedy, unlike tragedy, is centered in the examination of social values.

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true

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t/f The value of surviving in the face of social and economic change is a theme associated with the plays of Anton Chekhov

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working conditions in apple factories

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THe Agony in this article refers to

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all of the above

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He ECSTASY in this article refers to

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geniuses and bozos

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According to the play Jobs describes the world as

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false

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t/f The early Dark Ages were a very busy time for theatre

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a nun who wrote plays

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Hroswitha was

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false

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t/f Passion Plays in the middle ages often include graphic sex

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marseille

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The Black Death Plague came to Europe in

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a short playlet

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A TROPE is

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death envy lust

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A ALLEGORICAL play might include these characters

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false

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t/f Medieval actors traveled with mansions

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false

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t/f Medieval Drama was primarily secular

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all of the above

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The rise of Humanism is a result of

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one flew over the cuckoos nest

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What play/movie was a big part of the inspiration for Next to Normal

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true

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t/f According to the authors of Next to Normal more men than women receive Electro Convulsive Therapy

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chinglish

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David Henry Hwang's new play is titled

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false

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t/f Over half of the dialogue of Chinglish is in Mandarin

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while waiting

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The play, the Freedom Theatre is presenting is

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columbia university

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Where is "While Waiting" performing this week?

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fine art

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During the Renaissance, three broad categories of theatre came to dominate Europe. Which of the following does not belong?

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opera

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During the Renaissance many people thought ancient Greek plays were entirely sung. This led to what new type of theatre?

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life is a dream

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Calderon is one of Spain's most popular playwrights. His play, _____, is regarded by some as the Hamlet of the Golden Age of Spanish drama.

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Christopher Marlow

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Which of the following Elizabethan playwrights wrote an infamous play based on the life of Faust?

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Innamorata

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_____ is the leading man in the commedia dell'arte.

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Italy

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Commedia dell'arte, though popular throughout all of Europe, has its roots in _____.

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perspective

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During the Renaissance the Italians invented what type of scene painting?

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humanists

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During the Renaissance some scholars idolized the Romans and Greeks; they rejected the traditional curriculum of theology and instead studied the classical subjects. These scholars were called?

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unity of tragedy

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During the Renaissance the theatre turned to Aristotle for laws regarding dramatic structure. Scholars came up with three unbreakable rules, which they called the Unities—a form of classical correctness." Which of the following is NOT one of the unities?

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true

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t/f In Shakespeare's day acting companies were often accused of being vagabonds.

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Ben Jonson

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Which playwright killed an actor but got out of jail by pleading benefit of clergy?

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roundheads

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A common nickname for the Puritans was _____.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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This Romantic playwright was also journalist, a painter, a statesman, a poet, a philosopher, a scientist, and the manager of the Duke of Weimar's playhouse.

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domestic tragedies and sentimental comedies

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The Enlightenment led to what two new types of theatre?

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John Locke

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He said that the universal rights of man were as he wrote, "Life, liberty and the pursuit of property."

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idols of the cave

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Francis Bacon felt there were certain false appearances, which he called "idols of knowledge," and that these were a hindrance to reason. Which of these "idols" is our desire to believe in ideas that are supported merely by pretty rhetoric rather than by logical, empirical reasoning?

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he lent money to help finance the American Revolution

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How did the French playwright Beaumarchais help the United States?

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Lessing

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Which Enlightenment playwright wrote Nathan the Wise?

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false

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t/f Nathan the Wise is the story of the queen of Athens who accuses her son of rape

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Beaumarchais

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This Enlightenment playwright wrote such plays as The Barber of Seville and its sequel the Marriage of Figaro.

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romanticism

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Pascal, the French physicist, mathematician, and philosopher who said, ‚The heart has its reasons that reason does not know,‛ best expressed this:

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the age of reason

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The Enlightenment was also called...

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Voltaire

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The author of Candide was recognized internationally as a novelist, poet, playwright, and essayist. Who is he?

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was not

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Francis Bacon ____ a strong supporter of Aristotelian Scholasticism (was or was not)

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Louis XVI

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During the Reign of Terror, _____ was executed by guillotine.

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time , action

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The modern theatre has added the elements of ________ and ________ to Aristotle's six elements of the drama

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all of these choices

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The "action" of the play may be defined to include:

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absurdist plays

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Situation structure is characteristic of:

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ambivalent emotions

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French psychologist Jean Piaget says we imitate those things that arouse ________ in us.

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Anna Deveare Smith

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The search for the American character is a central theme in the work of:

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false

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t/f The modern idea of a play's time refers to the length of the performance.

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true

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/f Samuel Beckett's Rockaby is an example of monodrama.

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true

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t/f The three basic ways in which plays are organized include climactic, episodic and situational.

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true

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t/f Solo texts and performance art often address issues that would be too melodramatic for the commercial theatre.

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madhouse

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Peter Weiss employs the convention of the play-within-the-play to suggest that our world is a(n):

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all of thses choices

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The dialogue that begins Shakespeare's Hamlet provides us with information about

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unity of time

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The convention that the amount of time a play takes is the amount of time the actions of the play would have taken is called:

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true

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t/f Playwrights use simultaneous plots to have one plot comment on the other.

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macbeth encounters 3 witches

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According to the author, in Macbeth, the point of attack happens when:

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classical exposition

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A formal prologue, such as the one that begins The Trojan Women is associated with:

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false

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t/f Metaphor and simile are used to compare similar things.

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true

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t/f Aristotle believed that the elements of the play should be concurrent with the time it takes to perform.

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the stroke of an ax

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Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard ends with the sound of:

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it conveys the attitude adopted by the speaker

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Language is gestic when:

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theatre of cruelty

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Atonin Artaud is mostresponsible for the creation of:

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roots and identity

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The central action in Shephard's Buried Child is the quest for:

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selected and controlled

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Language in the theatre differs from ordinary speech in that it is:

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true

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t/f In the plays of Stanislavski, what people do is often more important than what they say.

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true

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t/f The Three Sisters was written by Anton Chekhov.

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true

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t/f A sign has a direct physical relationship to its referent.

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carrie robbins/ jess goldstein

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A costume designer featured in the video

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derek mclane/david korins

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A scenic designer featured in the video

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peggy eisenhauer

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A lighting designer featured in the video

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read the script

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The first step in designing

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scenic

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Normally the first designer to meet with the director

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hamlet

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What play did Susan Hilferty use as an example of a play she might design many times in her career

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sound

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According to David Gallo which design discipline has been most effected by technology

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talent

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The following are all character traits that a costume can show except

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draper

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In a costume shop the person who makes the patterns is called

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concept

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A costume designer makes decisions about the costumes for the play based on the director's

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the central idea that focuses the directors interpretation of the play

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The term CONCEPT is defined as:

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asymetrical lines

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A costume designer can use _____________ to show an imbalance in a character's personality.

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purple or red

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A costume designer can use the following colors to identify a person as royalty.

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length of the play

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A costume can help show facts about the world of the play, except for:

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